Nobility, faith and masculinity : the Hospitaller Knights of Malta, c. 1580-c. 1700 / Emanuel Buttigieg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buttigieg, Emanuel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knights of Malta--History--17th century.

Knights of Malta.

Masculinity.

Nobility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Continuum, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is an important study of elite European noblemen who joined the Order of Malta. The Order - functioning in parallel with the convents that absorbed the surplus daughters of the nobility - provided a highly respectable outlet for sons not earmarked for marriage. The process of becoming a Hospitaller was a semi-structured one, involving clear-cut (if flexible) social and financial requirements on the part of the candidate, and a mixture of formal and informal socialization into the ways of the Order. Once enrolled, a Hospitaller became part of a very hierarchical and ethnically mixed organisation, within which he could seek offices and status. This process was delineated by a complex interaction of internal factors - hierarchy, patriarchy and age - set within external mechanisms such as papal patronage and interference. This book is innovative in its methodology, drawing on a wide range of sources and applying historiographical approaches not previously brought to bear on the Order

Contents:

Introduction

1. Becoming a Hospitaller

2. Hospitaller Ranks: Hierarchy, Patriarchy and Age

3. Religious Identity, Beliefs and Practices

4. The Body, Chastity and Sexuality

5. Violence and Punishments

Conclusion: Towards a Cultural History of the Order of Malta

Epilogue

Appendix: Popes, Grand Masters, Bishops and Inquisitors c.1580-c.1700

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-308) and index.

ISBN:

9786613116642

9781472599766

1472599764

9781441178671

1441178678

9781283116640

1283116642

9781441102430

1441102434

OCLC:

726734879